One dead, 3 injured in Sibulan shooting

PNP ready to secure Christmas, New Year. Dumaguete City Chief-of-Police Supt. Jonathan Pineda assured the City Peace and Order Council chaired by Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo that the entire police force is ready to secure all vital installations, guests and residents in the upcoming Christmas and New Year festivities. Among those present during the recent CPOC meeting are Councilor Alan Cordova, Liga ng mga Barangay President Dione Amores, City DILG Officer Aquilina Eltanal, City Prosecutor Joseph Arnel Zerna and City Jail officers.

One person was
dead and three others were injured in two separate shooting incidents in
Sibulan last week.

Last
Tuesday, a certain Gary Agbon of Taclobo Dumaguete City and his companions
Michael Abad Ramirez of Daro, Dumaguete City and Yolanda Vendiola of Buntis
Bacong were fired upon by suspects as they were travelling to meet a lawyer at
his residence.

The
three were attacked as they were supposed to secure a certification from the
lawyer so they could claim the motorcycles following a different shooting
incident on December 3 resulting in the impounding of their vehicles at the
Sibulan Police Station.

Agbon
died on the spot while Ramirez and Vendiola were brought to the Silliman
University Medical Center. Investigators recovered empty shells from a .45
caliber pistol and a 9mm handgun.

Meanwhile,
a resident of Judyville Subdivision in Sibulan was also wounded in an earlier
shooting incident. Authorities identified the victim as Louie Roel Rubio, who
was just sitting on a pathway when the lone suspect arrived and shot the victim
4 times.Rubio, was hit in his
head, shoulder, hand and leg with the suspect escaped on board a motorcycle. The
victim was rushed to the Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital for immediate
treatment.